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The en route space probe, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Rosetta, is scheduled to rendezvous with comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko next year, deposit a lander on its surface, and accompany the comet on its way toward the Sun. The ESA mission offers a unique chance to...Space Talk
Blue and white stars shine brilliantly against a crimson background of glowing gas in this July 3 image of stellar nursery LH 95 from @NASAHubble. LH 95 is a region in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Learn more >> https://go.nasa.gov/4wWeHah
Blue and white stars shine brilliantly against a crimson background of glowing gas in this July 3 image of stellar nursery LH 95 from @NASAHubble. LH 95 is a region in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Learn more >> https://go.nasa.gov/4wWeHah
Blue and white stars shine brilliantly against a crimson background of glowing gas in this July 3 image of stellar nursery LH 95 from @NASAHubble. LH 95 is a region in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Learn more >> https://go.nasa.gov/4wWeHah
65 years ago today, astronaut Gus Grissom flew NASA's second human spaceflight, a suborbital mission lasting 15 minutes.
All went well until after splashdown.
The Liberty Bell 7 spacecraft hatch door blew prematurely and it began filling with water. Grissom escaped, but while
